Saint-Martin-de-Crau
Saint-Martin-de-Crau (; Provençal: Sant Martin de Crau) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. Inhabitants are called Saint-Martinois.
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Place details
- Locality
- Saint-Martin-de-Crau
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Population
- 11,555
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Travel guide
Understand
Saint-Martin-de-Crau is on a site with several natural areas such as the Crau and the Alpilles. Saint-Martin-de-Crau is first and foremost visited for its nature. Most of the town is in Crau. La Crau, the only arid steppe in Europe, is divided in two with dry Crau and wet Crau, where Crau hay is grown.
Saint-Martin-de-Crau is a relatively young city. It was founded in 1925 by dissociation of Arles. The independence of the city is claimed by the inhabitants of the place as early as 1882.
The city has developed through successive migrations. In the 1950s, melon producers arrived from Cavaillon. In the 1970s, the iron and steel industry in Fos-sur-Mer brought in inhabitants from Lorraine.
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Article · Polski
Saint-Martin-de-Crau – miejscowość i gmina we Francji, w regionie Prowansja-Alpy-Lazurowe Wybrzeże, w departamencie Delta Rodanu. Według danych na rok 1990 gminę zamieszkiwało 11 040 osób, a gęstość zaludnienia wynosiła 51 osób/km² (wśród 963 gmin regionu Prowansja-Alpy-W. Lazurowe Saint-Martin-de-Crau plasuje się na 62. miejscu pod względem liczby ludności, natomiast pod względem powierzchni na miejscu 5.).
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